Diplomacy ethics - Page 5

Gandalf Parker · #41 February 2nd, 2010, 12:25 PM

Ive seen carebear used in many online forums. Ive been called it in UO, CoH, WoW, and of course Dom3. Not as a whiner I dont think. Ive always acknowledged that they all openly had a PvP element. But usually in reference to the preference to play support roles to guilds in safe zones.

KissBlade · #42 February 2nd, 2010, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Maerlande

Foodstamp: That IRC comment is offensive. And I don't even know what you are talking about? How could IRC possibly cause this community to fail? I've been on IRC a few months and it's a lot of fun and a great way to make friends and learn about Dominions.

It's probably safe to say that less than 10% of the players here on these boards spend any time on IRC and it's only about 25 of us regulars. The interesting thing is it's heavily weighted to the hall of fame. Perhaps because you learn about the game 10 times faster there.

We joke about it because the IRC folks get slammed on these forums frequently. It's not like folks on IRC all agree or some kind of strange conspiracy. We argue everyday about everything.

Not to mention, a majority of the contributions made to help the game was from the irc crowd.

Foodstamp · #43 February 2nd, 2010, 01:22 PM

Hey thanks guys. Without you I would never have Dominions 3. Get over yourselves. Plenty of people make contributions to this game, and not all of them use IRC.

P.S. I guess you missed the memo:

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Lighten up. I was kidding. The use of "totally" should have been an indicator.

I swear, oversensitive CareBears.

KissBlade · #44 February 2nd, 2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Foodstamp

Hey thanks guys. Without you I would never have Dominions 3. Get over yourselves. Plenty of people make contributions to this game, and not all of them use IRC.

Actions speak louder than words? Perhaps you should actually get to that instead of trolling more?

Foodstamp · #45 February 2nd, 2010, 01:33 PM

Sure KissBlade, between 15 hours of classes, 40+ hours of work a week and taking care of my newborn, what can I do to make your Dominions experience better? It's a lot easier to ruffle your feathers while listening to the professor!

As I have mentioned earlier in this thread, I don't hold any animosity towards people who use IRC. I just find the distinction between people who do and who don't kinda comical. It's just a chat client afterall.

KissBlade · #46 February 2nd, 2010, 01:54 PM

So ... in other words, you have nothing better to do than trolling? Honestly, prefacing your statement with, "I don't hold any animosity" doesn't refute the fact that your actions show you DO hold such animosity.

Foodstamp · #47 February 2nd, 2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by KissBlade

So ... in other words, you have nothing better to do than trolling? Honestly, prefacing your statement with, "I don't hold any animosity" doesn't refute the fact that your actions show you DO hold such animosity.

Well I meant I have never seen evidence of this player base divide that the "IRCers" are always alluding to. If I've seen any animosity at all, it's a couple of you guys downing Gandalf or making fun of Baalz's guides, but I thought even that was in good humor.

I think you guys are paranoid and I think you are the only ones who see and promote a seperation of yourselves from the average forum user.

As far as contributions go, I have created and released mods, a map and mini mods to help facilitate special rules in MP games. Even with my limited time, I am generating content for the SP community even now; I just don't have the time to polish it to the point that I would feel proud to release it even as a beta, but hopefully that will change soon.

Anywho, have fun perpetuating some mythical divide between yourselves and the people who aren't cool enough to use IRC.

Sombre · #48 February 2nd, 2010, 02:25 PM

Yeah I'm not really seeing why Kissblade's statement set you off so bad if you don't hold any animosity.

And if you find the distinction between irc people and others ridiculous, what's with 'get over yourselves'? Which 'guys' are you talking to?

I don't draw a line between people who use irc often and those who don't but you obviously do.

Edit: Nice. I wrote this before I saw that latest post. Pretty amusing.

Foodstamp · #49 February 2nd, 2010, 02:29 PM

The "get over yourselves" was directed at Kissblade and the other guy that was saying that regular forumers feel there is a conspiracy blah blah. I'm not the greatest text communicator in the world, so I apologize.

Foodstamp · #50 February 2nd, 2010, 02:34 PM

Sombre, I wonder if you guys maybe talk about this stuff in IRC and it becomes "Fact". No one dislikes you guys. (You guys meaning the people who think they are treated different because they use IRC).